Remake virus

I left Hollywood for a lot of reasons... beginning to get more ill was not one of them (well, not really).
This kind of attitude, but not this specifically, is primary among them. No, I was not a failed/bitter actor, I was working fine & still get offers to teach and work in indies without auditioning...

There are so many great screenwriters out there it is ridiculous!
However, the #1 emotion that is prevalent in that town/industry is cowardice.
At this point, the idea of risking money on something that does not have a built-in audience (translation: sure thing $) gives producers hives and hemorrhoids, no matter how great, epic, touching, and beautiful it is.
The last of the integrity, what little there was, has left that town in the past ten years.
Most are not scholars of film, so they are unaware of the hack jobs that have been done recently of some truly great films.
It is a travesty.
BTW, Puff Daddy just did A Raisin In The Sun.

Oh, I am NOT a snob... I love silly, just as long as it is original silly.
Also, I have no issue with a remake if the first film sucked and they are making a good version of it (this is RARELY the case).